Not All Earthquakes Are Physical

THE CENTURION CHRONICLE
Special Issue – Jan 2010

NOT ALL EARTHQUAKES ARE PHYSICAL
(sometimes they can be….political)

There was another kind of earthquake last week, in Massachusetts, where a relatively unknown state senator was overwhelmingly voted in to replace the late Senator Kennedy.

The aftershocks of that event are still rumbling across the country, and will probably continue to do so for some time to come. All of which proving that not all earthquakes are physical, some of them can be….political. In this instance it has been the equivalent of a near ten on the Richter Scale.

Frankly, this is a good thing because it has shaken up our growing class of career politicos from complacency and indifference to our needs and wants, living fat, while we taxpayers are forced to make do with….lean cuisine. And so, we owe it all to those of our fellow citizens there in Massachusetts who finally realized that to continue with straight party-line voting would mean they’d deserve everything….they weren’t getting.

Granted, this young former COSMO centerfold guy campaigned as a “Republican” against a long entrenched Democrat-machine opponent; but, his message resonated more like that of an “Independent” unaffiliated with either of those two major parties. It’s a sign there may be more to come like him. We can only hope he, and any others like him, will live up to our expectations.

The best and most significant result from this political upheaval, however, is that it clearly demonstrates that we, the taxpaying voters, not the career politicos, can regain control of things for ourselves when we set our minds to it , by simply imposing our own brand of term limits on them without the cumbersome constitutional amendment process.

Here’s why we should consider doing so on a regular basis from now on. The late Senator Kennedy was allowed to be a Senator for 47 years! Senator Byrd, and a number of others besides, have had, and are serving equally long tenures in office. The House also has a similar collection of long entrenched members. It’s an outrageous and ridiculous state of affairs. Is it any wonder then that our country is in such a state?

Such long terms in office inevitably allow the campaign contributions of major particular interests to accrue extreme influence over all these “honorable” members making a career at feeding from the trough of “public service”, and allowing such influences to affect how we’re taxed, how our tax dollars are to be spent, and how we are to be regulated.

This political event, however, has now shown us an immediate way to change all of that.

That is, hereafter, each and every one of us who is registered, and actually votes in elections, can head for the voters registration office, and re-register as “independent/unaffiliated” voters. And having done so, we can then vow and pledge to ourselves to adopt our own individual voting policies, to wit: From now on I will refuse to vote for anyone seeking more than two consecutive terms as Senator, and, I will also refuse to vote for anyone seeking more than six consecutive terms in the House of Representatives. If we all individually adopt such a personal voting policy then career politicos will no longer be able to become entrenched for forty seven years, or more. That will become a thing of the past and we will have recaptured the governance of our country….for ourselves.

Well, let’s give a hip, hip, hooray to all those good folks of Massachusetts for having, once again, fired up and taken the lead in starting a second American Revolution….by the ballot, not the bullet.

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